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The Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal conference of Costa Rica, comprising only one ecclesiastical province headed by a Metropolitan archbishop, with seven suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop. There are no eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Carmen) or Puntarenas Cathedral [2] is a temple of the Roman Catholic church located in the city of Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas, in Costa Rica. [3] Built in 1902, it has the distinction of being built with the facade to the east.
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica: [1] Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar in Alajuela; Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Cartago; Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Ciudad Quesada; Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Limón; Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Puntarenas
The Catholic Church in Costa Rica is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism is the state religion of the country, and there are approximately 2.3 million Catholics—47% of the total population. [1] [2] The country is divided into eight dioceses and one archdiocese:
The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. A metropolitan see, there are seven suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Diocese of Alajuela, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Limón, Puntarenas, San Isidro de El General, and Tilarán. Erected on ...
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Pages in category "Roman Catholic cathedrals in Costa Rica" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
The Diocese of Puntarenas (Latin: Dioecesis Puntarenensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. It was erected as a diocese 17 April 1998.